AFS 1: One disc containing "Que malas son las mujeres," and "Marrana pinta," "El pescador," and "María Elena," sung and performed on guitar by Ricardo and Ramiro Cardenas, ages 11 and 13. Recorded at Sidney Lanier School, San Antonio, Texas, by John A. Lomax, April 1934.

AFS 2A: One disc containing "Que tendré yo, que nada me consuela," sung and performed on guitar by Marcos Sávarez [?]. Recorded near San Antonio, Texas, by John A. Lomax, 1934.

AFS 2B1-2B2: One disc containing "El ranchero afamado," "Y dile que sí, y dile que no," sung by Zenovia Zenuguia [?], accompanied on guitar by her father Pedro Zenugia. Recorded in San Antonio, Texas, by John A. Lomax, May 1934.

AFS 3: One disc containing play songs/nursery rhymes "El payasito," "El piojo y la pulga," "El pan de maíz," "Las glorias de Santa Teresa," collected by Ms. Jovita González and sung by a group of unidentified children from St. Mary's Home. Recorded in the Río Grande, San Antonio, Texas, by John A. Lomax, 1934.

AFS 4A; 4B2: Two discs containing "Los versos de Montalbo (El corrido de Montalbo)," and "El abandonado," sung by Richie Dobie. Recorded in Cotulla, Texas, by John A. Lomax, April 1934.

AFS 4B1: One disc containing "El corrido de Kiansis," and "Mexican love ditty," [unspecified Mexican ranchera song] sung by two unidentified men, Richie Dobie, and accompanied by solo guitar. Recorded in Cotulla, Texas, by John A. Lomax, February 7, 1934.

AFS 5A: One disc containing two unspecified Mexican rancheras and "El pescador," sung by a man and a woman accompanied on guitar. Recorded in Texas, by John A. Lomax, 1934.

AFS 5B2: One disc containing "El pescador," "Cuatro suspiros," and one unspecified ranchera sung by an unidentified woman. Recorded in San Antonio, Texas, by John A. Lomax, April 1934.

AFS 5B3: One disc containing "Pobrecitos de los trampas," sung by Marcos Alvarez and Pedro Zenugia with guitar. Recorded in San Antonio, Texas, by John A. Lomax, April 1934.

AFS 84A: One disc containing game songs/nursery rhymes "Juego de Juan Pirulero," "Matarile-rile-ron" "La rueda de San Miguel," "La viudita," collected by Jovita González at the Old Víboras Ranch, Texas, and sung by a group of young girls (Roxanna Holland, Betty Epps, Eloise Phillipson, Grace Locke, and Grace Venable). Recorded in St. Mary's Hall, San Antonio, Texas, by John A. Lomax, April 1934.

AFS 84B: One disc containing game songs/nursery rhymes "Patito, patito color de café," "La gallinita," "El periquito," and "El indio," collected by Jovita González at the Old Víboras Ranch, Texas, and sung group of young girls (Roxanna Holland, Betty Epps, Eloise Phillipson, Grace Locke, and Grace Venable). Recorded in St. Mary's Hall, San Antonio, Texas, by John A. Lomax, April 1934.

AFS 560: One disc containing "Los matachines," "La prensa," "El perico," "El Toro," "El negro [?]" and four other unspecified tunes, whistled by Nicolas Vásquez, Recorded in San Antonio, Texas, by John A. Lomax, January 1936.

AFS 561A: One disc containing "La paloma," sung by Mercedes and Emilio Cortes. Recorded in San Antonio, Texas, by John A. Lomax, January 1936.

AFS 561B1: One disc containing "A la víbora, víbora de la mar," "Viva l'amor," and "Las posadas," sung by Mercedes Cortes. Recorded in San Antonio, Texas, by John A. Lomax, January 1936.

AFS 562B1: One disc containing the song "Señora Santa Ana," sung by Lucy Magnan. Recorded at Technical High School, San Antonio, Texas, by John A. Lomax, January 1936.

AFS 564A1-564A2, 564B2-564B4: Two discs containing two unspecified game songs, "Señora Santa Ana," "La pajara pinta," and "Cuatro animalitos," sung by a group of Mexican children. Recorded at Lanier Senior High, San Antonio, Texas, by John A Lomax, January 1936.

AFS 566A: One disc containing "¡Que bueno eres!" "Naranja dulce," "La vibora de la mar," and "La huerfanita," sung by a group of children. Recorded at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, San Antonio, Texas, by John A. Lomax, 1937.

AFS 566B: One disc contiaining "Hilitos, hilitos de oro," "¿Qué es este ruido?" "La pajara pinta," "Venimos de Veracruz," and "Las Palomitas," sung by a group of children. Recorded at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, San Antonio, Texas, by John A. Lomax, 1937.

AFS 568A: One disc containing the song "Corrido de Alejo Sierra," sung by Jesse Favela and Pedro Rodriguez. Recorded in San Antonio, Texas, by John A Lomax, January 1936.

AFS 571-574: Four discs containing music and songs in "Los pastores, a religious play," under the direction of Leandro Granando and Salome Rabago, sung by Paulo Alejandro, Salome Rabago, and 24 members of cast, Guadalupana march composed by Adolfo Martinez. Recorded at Guadalupe Church, San Antonio, Texas, by John A Lomax, January 1936.

AFS 581A: One disc containing two unspecified songs and "La chilena," [fandango song from the Mexican state of Guerrero], sung by Miss Elena Landauri and accompanied on piano. Recorded in San Antonio, Texas, by John A. Lomax, January 5, 1936.

AFS 581B: One disc containing the lullaby "Los borregos son blancos," "Que voy a resar," [Spanish song from the 18th century], and two additional Mexican lullabies "Todos los pastores, vamos a verle," and "El niño lloraba," sung by Elena Landauri and accompanied on piano. Recorded in San Antonio, Texas, by John A. Lomax, January 5, 1936.

AFS 582A-582B: One disc containing "Las posadas," sung by Mrs. M. de Jesus, C. de Garcia, Laura de la Peña, Carlotta Marcial, and Josefina V. Ayala. Recorded at the Y.W.C.A. in San Antonio, Texas, January 1936.

AFS 583B: One disc containing "Duermete niño que tengo que hacer," "Entre cortinas blancas," the Christmas song "Papá y mamá componen un arbol con un sol," and "Frijolito pinto," sung by a chorus of children and a capella by Gertrude Cañez and Louis Martin. Recorded in San Antonio, Texas, by John A. Lomax, January 1936.

AFS 585: One disc containing "El caballo canciller," "El caballo brayo," "Canción de cuna," "Jarabe viejo," "Zacatecas," sung by a group of five Market House Street singers. Recorded at the public market square in San Antonio, Texas, by John A. Lomax, January 3, 1936.

AFS 587A: One disc containing the playsongs "Adolorito," "La Cucaracha," "Ojitos chinitos," "Jarabe tapatío," "Adelita," "Manitas," sung by Emilio and Esperanza Cortes and arranged by Guadalupe de Perez. Recorded in San Antonio, Texas, by John A. Lomaz, January 4, 1936.

AFS 588A: One disc containing "El cielo," "Idolo mío," and "Ausencia," sung by Juanita Orozco (learned from her mother, Evarisla P. de Orozco). Recorded at Guadalupe church in San Antonio, Texas, by John A Lomax, January 1936.

AFS 588B: One disc containing"Adios, adios," and "Celos," sung by Juanita Orozco (learned from her mother, Evarisla P. de Orozco). Recorded at Guadalupe church in San Antonio, Texas, by John A Lomax, January 1936.

AFS 589A: One disc containing "Si Porinita [?]" and "Corrido Rosita," sung by Mr. and Mrs. Pete Elimindarez. Recorded at their home in the Mexican quarter, San Antonio, Texas, January 26, 1936.

AFS 589B: One disc containing "play party songs" and "Love song," sung by Mr. and Mrs. Pete Elimindarez. Recorded at their home in the Mexican quarter, San Antonio, Texas, January 26, 1936.

AFS 589B5: One disc containing "Do re si, do si la," Sung by Mrs. Pete. Elimindarez. Recorded in San Antonio, Texas, by John A Lomax, January 1936.

AFS 591A8: One disc containing "El abandonado," and "Liquidos de amor," sung by Jon and Bitra Caballeros. Recorded in the home of Bitra Caballeros in the Mexican quarter, San Antonio, Texas, January 20, 1936.

AFS 591B: One disc containing "Anastacio Pacheco," "Nicholas," and "Por Esposa Varios," sung by Jon and Bitra Caballeros. Recorded in the home of Bitra Caballeros in the Mexican quarter, San Antonio, Texas, January 20, 1936.

AFS 591B2: One disc containing "Nicolas," "Goodbye to Mexico," "The Drunkard," and "Jesus and Lazarus," sung by Joe Caballeros. Recorded in San Antonio, Texas, by John A Lomax, January 1936.

AFS 592: One disc containing "Goodbye to Mexico," "The drunkard," "Becerrero," and "Jibarito," sung by Joe and Caballeros. Recorded in San Antonio, Texas, by John A Lomax, January, 1936.

AFS 594: One disc containing "Noche de luna," "School song in Spanish: Las estrellas," and unknown number and titles of songs on side B. Recorded at the San José School, San Antonio, Texas, December 17, 1936.

AFS 597B2: One disc containing "Dance of matachines," played by Bernabe Huerta on violin. Recorded in San Antonio, Texas, by John A Lomax, January 1936.

AFS 607: One disc containing two tracks titled "Gaviotas," and two unspecified songs on side A, "Morir soñando," and an unidentified song on side B, sung by Pedro Rodriguez, Jon Arellano, children, Ernest and Fred Hernandez. Recorded at Washington Irving Jr. High School, San Antonio, Texas, by John A. Lomax, January 7, 1936.

AFS 609: One disc containing "Cradle song," "Hymn to the passion of Christ," and "Salve Guadalupe," sung by Mr. and Mrs. Manuela Paloma. Recorded at the cathedral school, Crystal City, Texas, by John A. Lomax, February 1936.

AFS 625A: One disc containing the song "La Gardenia," sung by members of the Hill Billy Band W.P.A. Jesse Fareen and Pedro Rodriguez. Recorded in San Antonio, Texas, by John A. Lomax, January 22, 1936.

AFS 626: One disc containing "El corrido de Kiansis," "Conchita," and "Cuando era niño," sung by Jon and Bitra Caballeros. Recorded in the home of Bitra Caballeros in the Mexican quarter, San Antonio, Texas, by John A. Lomax, January 20, 1936.

AFS 632A: One disc containing an unidentified corrido, "Mi Mexicana – popular songs (?)" and "The blue dove," sung by Miss Landazuri. Recorded in San Antonio, Texas, January 5, 1936.

AFS 633: One disc containing two recordings of "Matachines dance," an unidentified Mexican folk song, Christmas song, and "El alabado," whistled by Nicholas Vasquez and sung by Miss Elena Landauri. Recorded in San Antonio. Texas, by John A. Lomax, January 5, 1936.

AFS 634A: One disc containing songs from the religious drama "Los desposarios de la santísima Virgen, Coloquia" including "Children's chorus," and "Angel's chorus," sung by a group of over eight children. Recorded at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, San Antonio, Texas, by John A. Lomax, January 9, 1936.

AFS 634B: One disc containing "Macalililion," "La renquita," "Señora Santa Ana," "El coyote," and "El lobo," sung by a group of Mexican children. Recorded at Our Lady of Guadalupe church, San Antonio, Texas, January 9, 1936.

AFS 742: One disc containing "La toma de Zacatecas," "Muerte de Pancho Villa," "Derrota de Celaya," and "Toma de tambor [?]" sung by Mexican singers from a San Antonio market place. Recorded at the home of Mrs. Esther Ruiz Carvajal in San Antonio, Texas, January 15, 1936.

AFC 1939/001: John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip
One hundred sixty-five discs recorded by John A. and Ruby T. Lomax in various southern states between April and June 1939. Genres include ballads, blues, children's songs, cowboy songs, dance music, fiddle tunes, field hollers, lullabies, Mexican corridos, play-party songs, religious dramas, spirituals, work songs. Also includes discs recorded for Gamut Records (aka General Records). For details on Mexican American songs recorded primarily in Texas, see the online presentation. [catalog record][online presentation]

AFC 1939/017: Margaret Valiant Recordings for the Farm Security Administration
Twenty 12-inch discs recorded in Arizona and California by Margaret Valiant for the Farm Security Administration, Feb. 1939. Includes Apache, Papago, Hopi, Pima, Yuma, and Mojave music recorded in Phoenix, Arizona. Also recordings from various migratory camps in California. [catalog record]

AFS 3320A: One disc containing "Love song," sung and played by Quartet Caliente. Recorded in Tucson, Arizona, by Margaret Valiant, February 18, 1939.

AFS 3323A1: One disc containing "Four H's of Mexico," sung by Carl Bois. Recorded in Phoenix, Ariona, by Margaret Valiant, February 1939.

AFC 1940/001: W.P.A. California Folk Music Project Collection, 1938-1940
Two hundred thirty-nine discs, 168 photos, and 4 linear feet of correspondence, field notes, musical and textual transcriptions, and scale drawings of musical instruments documenting 17 ethnic groups recorded in northern California folk music by Sidney Robertson Cowell for the Northern California Work Projects Administration (WPA). The project was sponsored by the University of California, Berkeley, and co-sponsored by Library's Archive of American Folk Song. The collection includes one 168 photos, and 4 linear feet of correspondence, field notes, musical and textual transcriptions, and scale drawings of musical instruments. [catalog record][online presentation]

AFC 1940/003: John and Ruby Lomax 1940 Southern States Recordings Collection
One hundred forty-six 12-inch discs of field recordings of ballads, folk songs, cowboy songs, blues, lullabies, children's songs and games, hymns, gospel music, shape note singing, fiddle tunes; a few Mexican American lullabies and songs, and a few French Creole songs. Also recorded were African American sermons and church services, children's play party songs, African American blues, gospel music, hymns, and work songs including railroad workers' track lining and tie tamping chants. Manuscripts include correspondence and a field report by John A. Lomax. Also included are some song transcriptions, including correspondence from Mrs. Elizabeth Fulks, Prairie Lea, Texas, and song texts in her hand. Notes include description of "Baptizing on the Clara Muziques Plantation," near Natchez, Mississippi, and descriptions of funeral services; plus descriptions of traveling throughout the southern states to collect folksongs. [catalog record]

AFC 1940/011: Florida WPA Recordings, 1940
Twenty-two 12-inch discs made in Florida for the Florida WPA Writers' and Music Projects and for the Archive of American Folk Song by Carita Doggett Corse, Robert Cornwall, John Corse, and John Filareton in Glades County, Jacksonville, Kenansville, Mayport, Sebring, and Tarpon Springs, Florida, and at sea, off the Georgia coast, March-July 1940. The collection includes 1 folder of logs and notes. [catalog record]

AFC 1941/037: Alan Lomax and Elizabeth Lomax Photographs of Texas and Mexico, 1941
Sixty-seven black-and-white images made by Alan Lomax and Elizabeth Lomax in Comanche County, Texas, and in Mexico, May and June 1941. Subjects in Texas include: African American men; horses, automobiles, dogs, landscapes, and Elizabeth Lomax; a hot tamale vendor in a mule-drawn cart in San Marcos, Texas; Anglo-American men and women, houses, porches, mules, and a tractor. Photographs taken in Mexico include landscapes (including mountains, hills, roads, towns); Mexican men, women, and children; an ox-drawn cart; and houses with thatched roofs. [catalog record]

AFC 1941/037: ph16-ph22: Seven black-and-white negatives of a man selling tamales from a mule drawn carriage, several buildings in the background including one with sign "San Marcos hardware Co." and road sign leading to Texas highway 80. Photographed in San Marcos, Texas, by Alan or Elizabeth Lomax, May or June 1941.

AFC 1941/037: ph46: One black-and-white negative of a woman wearing a shawl holding a young boy, young girl also wearing a shawl standing beside her. Photographed in Mexico, by Alan or Elizabeth Lomax, May or June 1941.

AFC 1941/037: ph47: One black-and-white negative of a young girl wearing a shawl looking into the window of a car, clasping door with hands. Photographed in Mexico, by Alan or Elizabeth Lomax, May or June 1941.

AFC 1941/037: ph48: One black-and-white negative of a young boy wearing a hat, holding fruit in his hands. Photographed in Mexico, by Alan or Elizabeth Lomax, May or June 1941.

AFC 1941/037: ph49-ph52: Four black-and-white negatives of landscape scenes, road with hills and mountains. Photographed in Mexico, by Alan or Elizabeth Lomax, May or June 1941.

AFC 1941/037: ph53: One black-and-white negative of a person [?] lying on road, two people standing further away, buildings, steeple [?], and mountains in the background. Photographed in Mexico, by Alan or Elizabeth Lomax, May or June 1941.

AFC 1941/037: ph54-ph56: Three black-and-white negatives of landscape scenes, road with hills and mountains. Photographed in Mexico, by Alan or Elizabeth Lomax, May or June 1941.

AFC 1941/037: ph57: One black-and-white negative of hill with corn (?) crop with structure at peak, power line at left, and a sign with number 975 at base of hill, mountains in the background. Photographed in Mexico, by Alan or Elizabeth Lomax, May or June 1941.

AFC 1941/037: ph58: One black-and-white negative of a church's arches with three bells and façade. Photographed in Mexico, by Alan or Elizabeth Lomax, May or June 1941.

AFC 1941/037: ph59: One black-and-white negative of Elizabeth Lomax standing with children, three young girls and one young boy. Photographed in Mexico, by Alan or Elizabeth Lomax, May or June 1941.

AFC 1941/037: ph60: One black-and-white negative of a young boy with light-colored shirt leaning against wooden wall, looking to his right. Photographed in Mexico, by Alan or Elizabeth Lomax, May or June 1941.

AFC 1941/037: ph61: One black-and-white negative of three men wearing hats, facing camera, next to wooden building and palm tree. Photographed in Mexico, by Alan or Elizabeth Lomax, May or June 1941.

AFC 1941/037: ph62-ph 63: Two black-and-white negatives of an elderly man with white hair and beard outside next to wooden structure, children and palm tree in background. Photographed by Alan or Elizabeth Lomax in Mexico, May or June 1941.

AFC 1941/037: ph 64: One black-and-white negative of three young boys standing on carriage drawn by two oxen, thatched roof dwelling in background. Photographed in Mexico, by Alan or Elizabeth Lomax, May or June 1941.

AFC 1941/037: ph 65: One black-and-white negative of an elderly woman in a collared dress and a young man in straw hat in doorway of dwelling. Photographed in Mexico, by Alan or Elizabeth Lomax, May or June 1941.

AFC 1941/037: ph66: One black-and-white negative of a woman walking on a dirt road with basket or box on her head, thatched roof dwellings and trees in the background. Photographed in Mexico, by Alan or Elizabeth Lomax, May or June 1941.

AFC 1941/037: ph67: One black-and-white negative of dirt road with thatched roof dwellings and trees in background. Photographed in Mexico, by Alan or Elizabeth Lomax, May or June 1941.

AFC 1942/005: John A. Lomax Texas Recordings, Winter 1941
Thirty-two 12-inch discs of field recordings of Spanish American songs and ballads; Mexican dance music; cowboy songs and tales; cattle, hog, and chicken calls; fiddle tunes, children's songs, work songs, and other folksongs, tales, and recitations. Includes examples of decimas in Spanish and an explanation of them in English. [catalog record]

AFC 1942/020: Roy Mitchell and Seamus Doyle New York City Recordings
Six 12-inch discs of four Armenian, one Mexican, and three Russian songs recorded in New York City by Seamus Doyle and Roy and Mrs. Roy (Jocelyn Taylor) Mitchell, 1941. The collection includes 1/4 linear inch of correspondence and textual transcriptions. See also AFC 2000/016. [catalog record]

AFC 1943/008: Brownie McNeil Collection of Southern Texas Recordings
Twenty-five 12-inch discs of corridos and other songs and dance music collected by Norman Laird "Brownie" McNeil. McNeil sings twelve corridos. Other recordings of corridos, songs and dance music from local performers were made by McNeil at various locations in south Texas in 1942. The collection includes correspondence about the recording project, primarily between McNeil and Alan Lomax. [catalog record]

AFC 1948/011: Henrietta Yurchenco Collection of Recordings from Mexico and Guatemala
Sixty 12-inch discs of of Quiche (K'iche'), Kekchi' (Q'eqchi'), Ixil, and Sutujil (Tz'utujil) songs and music recorded in Guatemala; and Tzotzil and Tzeltal songs and music recorded in Chiapas, Mexico, by Henrietta Yurchenco, April-May, 1945, for the Instituto Indigenista Interamericano, the Secretaria de Educacion Publica, and the Library of Congress. AFS 8106-8139 or 8140 is Guatemala material. [catalog record]

AFC 1948/012: Henrietta Yurchenco Collection of Mexican Music, 1946
Thirty-seven 12-inch discs of Indian music recorded by Henrietta Yurchenco in Mexico, 1946, for the Instituto Indigenista Interamericano, the Secretaria de Educacion Publica, and the Library of Congress.

AFC 1948/048: Henrietta Yurchenco Recordings of Tarascan and Mestiza Music from Michoacan
Fifteen 16-inch discs of music of Tarascan and Mestiza music from Michoacan. Recorded in Michoacan by Henrietta Yurchenco for the Instituto Indigenista Interamericano, the Secretaria de Educacion Publica, and the Library of Congress, 1942.

AFC 1948/063: Truman Michelson Collection of Mexican Kickapoo Cylinder Recordings
Two six-inch dictaphone cylinders recorded by Truman Michelson on one of his trips to the area around Shawnee or McLoud, Oklahoma, probably in the early 1910s. Joe Murdock was the singer. The cylinders were transferred from the National Archives in 1948.

AFS 9610-9628: J.D. Robb / Spanish and Indian Folk Songs
Nineteen 12-inch discs of Spanish folk songs and American Indian songs. Recorded by J. D. Robb for University of New Mexico Project.

AFS 10,053-10,054: Erich von Hornbostel Collection
Two 10-in tapes copied from 120 cylinders of ethnic and tribal music recorded by various collectors in various parts of the world and comprising a 1919 version of the Erich M. Von Hornbostel Demonstration Collection of the Berlin Phonogramm- Archiv. Gift of Walter V. Bingham.

AFS 11,007-11,299: Helen Roberts Collection
One hundred sixty-seven 12-inch, 79 10-inch, 40 8-inch, and 7 7-inch discs of various songs from Australia, California, China, Hawaii, Mexico, the South Pacific Islands, and Tahiti; and of North American Indians. Recorded by various collectors, including Berthold Laufer, Carl Lumholtz, and C. E. Shaeffer and donated by Helen Roberts. The collection includes 37 pages of correspondence, logs and notes.

AFC 1960/014: Patricio Castillo Urquidi: Lecture/Recital on Incan and Aztec Music
One 7-inch tape of a lecture/recital on Aztec and Inca music. Selections arranged, adapted, and performed on the violin by Patricio Castillo Urquidi. Recorded in Mexico City, 1959. (LWO 3154)

AFC 1961/002: Wayland Hand Collection of Songs and Lore
Six 10-inch tapes of songs and stories recorded primarily in the Los Angeles, California, area by Wayland D. Hand, D.K. Wilgus, and various UCLA students, 1956-60. The collection includes 40 pages of correspondence, lyrics, notes, transcripts, and song lists. Includes western folk songs and songs and lore of urban minority groups in California. (AFS 11,859-11,864) (LWO 3272)

AFC 1970/009: John Alden Mason Collection of Tepehuan and Yaqui Wire Recordings
Five wires of Yaqui, Northern Tepehuan, and Southern Tepehuan music and spoken material recorded by John Alden Mason in the states of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Durango, Mexico, 1948-54. (AFS 14,374-14,378) (LWO 6256 reels 22B-24A)

AFS 15,459-15,523: J. D. Robb / Folk Music of the Southwest
Sixty-three 7-inch and two 5-inch tapes of principally Mexican American music; also includes music from Mexico, Nepal, Spain, and Venezuela. Recorded by John Donald Robb in New Mexico and elsewhere, 1939-73. Principally Spanish-American, but also American Indian and Anglo (cowboy, instrumental, etc.). Possibly includes recordings from El Salvador. (LWO 7226)

AFS 16,958-16,972: Laura Boulton Collection Part 15: Miscellaneous from U.S.
Fifteen 10-inch discs of instrumentals and songs, including examples from African-American, Mexican, Polish, and Ukrainian traditions, recorded at various locations in the United States. Recorded by Laura Boulton, 1941-42, for the National Film Board of Canada. The collection includes two linear inches of notes. Includes spirituals some of which are sung by the "Yellow Pocahantas" group of New Orleans, Louisiana. (preservation tape LWO 7551 reels 68B-69B)

AFS 17,155-17,176: Laura Boulton Collection Part 20: Miscellaneous discs
Twenty-two 10-inch discs of music recorded by Laura Boulton in various parts of the world, 1949-61. Boulton's demonstration recordings for a class at University of California at Los Angeles. Includes American Indian, Mexican, Polynesian, Japanese, Arabic, Ecuadorian, Peruvian folk music. Also includes European classical music for organ and chamber orchestra. (preservation tape LWO 7551 reels 72B-74A)

AFC 1974/023: Lalo Rodriguez and Maria Aurora Castillo Recordings of Mexican American Farm Workers' Songs
One 10-inch tape of Mexican American farm-workers' songs sung by Maria Aurora Castillo and Conrado "Lalo" Rodriquez of California in the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress, August 5, 1974. Recorded by Mike Heisley, Joseph C. Hickerson, Robert Carneal, John B. Howell, and Ed Tittel. [catalog record]

AFS 17,114: One 10-inch tape of migrant worker songs from California recorded by Mike Heisley, Joseph C. Hickerson, Robert B. Carneal, John E. Howell, and Ed Tittel at the Library of Congress, 1974.

AFC 1975/022: National Folk Festival, 1954
Two 10-inch tapes of the 20th National Folk Festival. Performances include Mesquakie dances; clog dances; square dances; German polkas and waltzes; tanikling (a Philippine dance); czardas danced by Hungarian dancers from the Hungarian Hall in St. Louis; Jewish wedding music and dances; Scottish highland dance; Mexican dance; Anglo-American ballads and folk songs; African American spirituals and work songs; children's singing games; German songs; West Indian songs; Cuban songs; and instrumental music played on fiddle, banjo, accordion, guitar, and other instruments. The collection includes notes about performers and songs. Recorded in St. Louis, Missouri, by Voice of America, April 8, 1954. The collection includes 3 pages of lists. [catalog record]

AFC 1976/028: San Diego Folk Festival, 1975
Ten 7-inch tapes of the San Diego Folk Festival, April 16-20, 1975. Performers include the Cajun band of McGee, Courville, and Savoy; Uillean pipes of Dave Page; country fiddle, banjo and guitar music by Sam and Kirk McGee; Texas fiddling by Benny Thomasson; white blues piano by George Winston; Tex-Mex singing by Lydia Mendoza; and Appalachian fiddling by Tommy Jarrell. The collection includes logs. [catalog record]

AFS 19,502-19,513: School of American Research Cylinder Duplication Project, Part II
Twelve 10-inch tapes copied from cylinders of American Indian and Mexican music and spoken word. Recorded by Ernest Beaglehole, Helen H. Roberts, and members of the 1931 Ethnology Field Training Group. Acquired on exchange from the School of American Research, 1979. American Indian tribes: Acoma, Cochiti, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Taos, and Tesuque Pueblo, Hopi, Mescalero Apache.

AFS 19,509 A1-5: One tape containing copies of five cylinders of Nahuatl music and spoken word performed on the occasion of the annual pueblo fiesta (Altepe-ilhuitl) commemorating the legendary king and pueblo defender, El Tepozteco. Recorded by Edgar Lee Hewett in Tepoztlan, 1906. (LWO 12,840 reel 8A)

AFC 1979/006: 1979 Neptune Plaza Concert Series Collection
Documentation of the monthly 1979 Neptune Plaza Concert Series, which consists of manuscript materials, sound recordings, and photographs of performances of country music, Irish music, Cajun music, gospel music, and Mexican harp music recorded live outdoors on Neptune Plaza in front of the Library of Congress, from May through September 1979, sponsored by the American Folklife Center and the National Council for the Traditional Arts. Includes documentation of the August 30 performance by Melecio Martinez, Mexican music group from Illinois. [catalog record][finding aid]

AFC 1980/024: Jim Griffith / Lydia Mendoza Duplication Project
One 10-inch tape of an interview with Mexican American, Nortena singer and guitarist, Lydia Mendoza, recorded on May 27, 1977, in Spanish. The collection includes a handwritten transcipt by Griffith (questions in English, response in Spanish). (LWO 16,508)

AFC 1980/039: Carter Inaugural Concert Duplication Project
Eight 10-inch tapes of musical performances by numerous artists including Beau Soleil, Jimmy Driftwood, John Jackson, and Ralph Stanley from folk and ethnic music and dance events celebrating the inauguration of President Jimmy Carter. Recorded at the National Visitors Center and at Union Station in Washington, D.C., January 18 and 21, 1977. Events sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution. The collection includes 1 3/4 linear inches of correspondence, logs, performance releases, programs, and schedules. (AFS 20,260-20,266; AFS 22,947)

AFC 1982/011: 1982 Neptune Plaza Concert Series Collection
The collection consists of manuscript materials, sound recordings, and photographs documenting the performance of Irish music, Ghanaian music and dance, Japanese koto music, Mexican string band music, Senegalese music, and West Virginia old-time music recorded live outdoors on Neptune Plaza in front of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, at concerts from April through October 1982, sponsored by the American Folklife Center and the National Council for the Traditional Arts. Includes documentation from the July 15 performance of Los Pregoneros del Puerto, Mexican music from California. [catalog record][finding aid]

AFC 1984/034: Ramiro Cardenas Interview
One audiocassette of an interview with Ramiro Cardenas, DDS, and Mrs. Cardenas. In 1934, Dr. Cardenas and his brother Ricardo were recorded by John A. Lomax in San Antonio, Texas. Their singing of Mexican American songs with guitar appears on AFS 1. Recorded at the Library of Congress, July 7, 1982, by Gerald E. Parsons, Jr., and Peter T. Bartis. (AFS 22,154) (LWO 2477)

AFC 1985/025: All Souls Day / El Dia de los Muertos Program Collection
Documentation of a bilingual English/Spanish program presented on Thursday, November 7, 1985, at the Library of Congress. Participants from Mexico and Central America living in the Washington D.C. area demonstrated offerings of bread and flowers; Alicia Gonzalez (Smithsonian Institution) and Olivia Cadaval (Institute for Contemporary Culture) served as presenters, narrators, and translators.

AFC 1986/023: Rio Grande Arts Center / "Tradiciones del Valle" Collection
One hundred eighteen 7-inch tapes of Anglo-American fiddle tunes and songs, and primarily Hispanic popular and traditional musical forms; also includes customs, interviews, proverbs, riddles, and stories. Recorded in the San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico by Dana Everts, May September 1985, for the Rio Grande Arts Center. The collection includes two linear inches of notes. Includes penitente songs, alavados, comdos, canciones, versos, and dance band music; also interviews, storytelling, proverbs, riddles, oraciones, customs, and verbal remedies documented. Fieldwork intended for production of radio programs produced by KRZA public radio in Alamosa [see AFC 1986/043 for the radio programs]. Funded by Folk Arts Program of NEA and by the Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities Folk Arts Program.

AFC 1988/009: 1988 Neptune Plaza Concert Series Collection
The collection consists of manuscript materials, sound recordings, and photographs documenting the performance of old-time music from the Cumberland Plateau, Irish folk music and dance, bluegrass music, Piedmont blues music, Vietnamese music, mariachi music, and gospel music recorded live outdoors on Neptune Plaza in front of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. Concerts were held from April through October 1988, sponsored by the American Folklife Center and the National Council for the Traditional Arts. Includes documentation ofthe September 15 performance by Mariachi San Cristobal, from Mexico. [catalog record][finding aid]

AFC 1988/017: Raices Musicales
One audiocassette of Raices Musicales (Musical Roots) produced from a national tour, produced by the National Council for the Traditional Arts," of music from Mexico and the Hispanic Southwest, October-November, 1988.

AFC 1989/007: "'To Keep My Culture': New Immigrant Musicians in Los Angeles"
One-hour radio documentary on the music of recent immigrant groups in Los Angeles. Includes interviews with and performances of Cambodian, Mexican, Chinese, Iranian, Guatemalan, Armenian, Korean, and Belizian musicians at various private and public events. Prod: Helene Rosenbluth and Sara Jacobus; project coord: Susan Auerbach.

AFC 1990/007: "Conversations with Texans" Collection
Panel discussion of folk music and folklore in Texas with Alan Lomax, Bess Lomax Hawes, Shirley Lomax Dugan, and Patricia Jasper at the Smithsonian Discovery Theater, March 16, 1987, as part of a series on Texas. Topics covered include a history of the Lomax family's influence on collecting American folksong with emphasis on John Lomax, presentation of a video and slide show of Mexican-American folk art, and snatches of 9 songs and poems from the Lomax collection. This was part of a lecture series focusing on different states implemented by the Resident Associate Program of the Smithsonian and was the pilot program. Moderated by Raye Virginia Allen; also U.S. Rep. Steve Bartlett.

AFC 1991/032: New Mexico Folklife Project Collection, 1984-1985
Documentation from New Mexico fieldwork conducted by Carl Fleischhauer, consultant, of the American Folklife Center, in the summers of 1984 and 1985, with folklorist Laurie Beth Kalb, for the Museum of International Folk Art (Santa Fe). In 1984, Kalb documented the art of Hispanic carvers in northern New Mexico; in 1985 she contributed to a joint project of the Museum and the New Mexico Historic Preservation Office (HPO), who had contracted with Boyd Pratt to survey historic architecture in the northeastern quadrant of New Mexico. Fleischhauer, Kalb, and Pratt conducted a short folklife survey in Clayton, Mora, and Mosquero, and other locations. Topics documented in field notes and sound recordings include Hispanic art, folk art and culture; Pop Shaffer's folk art environments in Mountainair; and recordings of a livestock auction in Clayton. Collection includes an extended interview with Joe Cordova of Mosquero Canyon conducted by Laurie Kalb and Boyd Pratt; an interview with Enrique Sanchez, a Cuban American living in Mosquero, interviewed by Laurie Kalb in Spanish; and an extended interview with Trinidad and Marguerito Garcia of Mosquero by Laurie Kalb and Carl Fleischhauer. Photographs were taken in La Messilla, Truchas, Velarde, Dixon, and La Cueva, in Rio Arriba County; Las Vegas, San Miguel County; Mountainair, Torrance County; and Vallecitos, N.M. by Carl Fleischhauer. [catalog record]

AFC 1992/001: 1992 Neptune Plaza Concert Series Collection
Manuscript materials, sound recordings, photographs, and moving images documenting the performance of Puerto Rican folk music; Tennesse old-time music; folk music from Veracruz, Mexico; dances of the Tewa Indians from the Santa Clara Pueblo; Irish folk dance and music; gospel music; and bluegrass music recorded live outdoors on Neptune Plaza in front of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, at concerts from April through September 1992, sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Some concerts were recorded for broadcast on WAMU-FM, hosted by Dick Spottswood. Manuscripts include some correspondence and program flyers autographed by the performers. Included is documentation from the June 5 performance by Los Pregoneros del Puerto, Veracruz harp music from California. [catalog record][finding aid]

AFC 1992/009: "Musical Conversation with Antonio Zepeda"
Videotape of the October 15 [5?], 1992, concert held in James Madison Memorial Hall, Library of Congress by Antonio Zepeda, an ethnomusicologist born in Mexico City, Mexico. Using a variety of instruments, he demonstrates Meso-American, pre-Columbian musical sounds.

AFC 1995/021: Henrietta Yurchenco Michoacan Transcriptions Collection
Approximately 145 pages of complete musical and some textual transcriptions of Michoacan songs, recorded in Mexico in 1965-66. The transcriptions were made in the 1970s by Philip Namenworth under a grant from the American Philosophical Society. Many pages proved to be poor-quality photocopies, etc.; the transcriptions have been grouped by song title or tape number. Yurchenco subsequently donated her tapes pertaining to this collection (see AFC 2000/028).

AFC 1999/004: Sam Eskin Collection
Collection consists of manuscripts, field recordings, photographs, and ephemera documenting folk music and folk music revivals in the United States, Canada, and Mexico from 1938 to 1966; plus manuscripts and field recordings of mostly unidentified artists performing folk music in Jamaica, Cuba, England, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Morocco, Hong Kong, Philippines, India, and Thailand from 1953 to 1969 collected by Sam Eskin. Manuscript materials include correspondence, transcriptions of songs and lyrics, folk festival programs and flyers, a Japanese song book, Eskin's lecture notes, and his collection of bawdy songs and limericks. [catalog record][finding aid]

AFC 2000/028: Henrietta Yurchenco Collection of Michoacan, Oaxacan, and Mexico City Recordings
Eleven 7-inch and 69 5-inch reels of recordings made between 1965 and 1972 by Henrietta Yurchenco at various locations in Michoacan and Oaxaca as well as in Mexico City.

AFC 2004/035: Masters of Mexican Music Concert Collection, 2004 April 1
Videorecordings and 29 black-and-white photographs of the "Masters of Mexican Music" concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, April 1, 2004 at 7:30 pm. The concert featured twenty-one musicians and dancers performing musical traditions from four distinct regions of Mexico -- the mariachi of Jalisco, the harp-led son jarocho of southern Vera Cruz, the accordion-based conjunto of the Texas-Mexican border, and the marimba music from the southern state of Chiapas. Concert was produced by the National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) and the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. Included are press releases, a media kit on CD-R with 8 color photographs of the performers and biographies; and an illustrated program book (16 p) in Spanish and English. Concert photos by James Hardin. [catalog record]

AFC 2007/001: David Lewiston Collection
Various field recordings of music and natural sounds made by David Lewiston in Bali; Java; South America; Guatemala; Oaxaca, Mexico; Kashmir; Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India; Sikkim, India; Nepal, and other locations in the Himalayas and Karakorams; and in communities where Tibetan Buddhists live in exile. The collection includes Tibetan songs, dances, and rituals of Tibetan Buddhism. Many of the recordings were initially released on LP on the Explorer Series of Nonesuch Records beginning in 1967. [catalog record]

AFC 2010/007: "And Wheat Completed the Cycle": Flour Mills, Social Memory, and Vernacular Culture in Sonora, Mexico, Lecture by Maribel Alvarez
Video recording and photographs of a lecture delivered by Maribel Alvarez in the Mary Pickford Theater, Library of Congress, on April 21, 2010, as part of the Benjamin Botkin Folklife Lecture series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Folklorist and anthropologist Maribel Alvarez explores the role of wheat -- a grain introduced by the Spanish to Mexico in the 16th century -- as a central element in the construction of a distinct regional identity that prides itself on a simultaneous, and often contradictory, association with tradition and modernity. Alvarez discusses Sonora's foodways, cookery, food preferences, the symbolism of wheat, indigenous and European influences on local food, the history of industrial agricultural practices in Sonora, the abandonment of flour mills, and nostalgia for the past. [catalog record]